Rea Bridge

Whilst cruising the canal we had spotted tidy moorings at Rea Bridge.  The grass was cut and there was space, so this is where I took the boat.  As a bonus (for some) there is a Tesco store a 10 minute walk away.  As a further bonus there is the bridge keeper who obviously keeps an eye on things in the day time.  I secured the boat with some chains to the angle iron which is ubiquitous on the top of the piling on this canal.  It was a nice warm day and I had just set a chair out on the grass with a can of beer and reading the newspaper when Oliver Cromwell came by.  I guess this is the largest vessel regularly operating on the canal - a mock stern wheeler used as a hotel boat.   The draw from its passage broke the bow chain (actually an old dog lead) and the bow swung out.  Easily rectified, but only because I was watching.  I reverted to two stakes and a proper spring line with a further centre high tensile locking wire on the centre!   

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[G Griffiths]

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